I couldnt find anything good enough to fit an iphone 5 dock into my car so i decided to design my own dock that would fit in the ashtray.

I used 123desidn to design the dock and sent the stl file to a company, who 3d printed my design and delivered it to me.

I used plastidip for the finish and a glue gun to secure the cable and dock into the ashtray.

 

Looks good, very clean install!!!

 

Thats awesome man! Real clean looking. How much for the 3D printing if I may ask?

Thanks
MEAHT

 

nice lil custom piece looks OEM

 

looks good... very unique!

 

Thanks

For the dock and the insert for the armrest it was £60. I think the dock was £28.

 

Its awesome to do this, I use SolidWorks and Shapeways myself.

You can make very clean custom solutions with just a little effort.

 

Very Nicely done!

 

Pretty spiffy around how much did it cost and time to install. ?

 

very nice and clean. looks great!

 

Looks pretty OEM, nicely done

 

Looks pretty good. Have you seen the Kuda mount and base. That's what I had for my iPhone4S. It's pricey though but it's not in the way.

 

that's clean as hell! I wish I was tedious enough to do this lol good job

 

It cost about £60 to get both objects printed and £14 for a can of plasti dip.

It didn't take much time at all. I did it over a few days.
I applied 5 coats of plasti dip, then when it was dry i glued the cable and dock to the ashtray. This took a few hours.
The install only took about half an hour. I just removed all the centre console, very carefully drilled a hole under the cup holder in the armrest then fed the cable through using a cable tie.
Made sure it worked then stuck it all back together.

 

Great job OP! That's a super clean install and you got me thinking about how I can do this to my IS250.